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Sisyphus

Member since
October 2019

12 posts

Posted Mon September 21, 2020 7:59pmReport post

Hi all,

I've finally had the PPR back from SC and to say it took them 10 months, it is absolutely chock full of inaccuracies, both factual and grammatical.

Is there anywhere I can go to have a risk assessment done privately and professionally?

I'm just so disheartened by everything, and a report full of spelling mistakes and errors is just so deeply frustrating. I live this every second but feel like sc don't even care enough to spell check

majestictopaz15

Member since
December 2019

371 posts

Posted Mon September 21, 2020 10:17pmReport post

My partner will need one for family court. Lucy faithful quoted him an assessment so best to ask them if they can do it. They are not cheap...

Rainbowgirl80

Member since
May 2020

204 posts

Posted Mon September 21, 2020 11:49pmReport post

Hi, I've heard others on here talk about these Steve lowe independent risk assessments. Not sure if they are linked to lff or not... Best to Google. Xx

Rainbowgirl80

Member since
May 2020

204 posts

Posted Tue September 22, 2020 6:53pmReport post

I looked up and the organisation is called Phoenix. Looks good. Something I will look into in the future too. Xx

Mabel

Member since
June 2019

208 posts

Posted Wed September 23, 2020 12:49pmReport post

Hi

After my partner was arrested and Rui he contacted the Priory Hospital, he had a full assessment there. He said the Dr he saw there was excellent.

I understand it probably wasn't cheap but for him it was really worth it.



wishing you all the best

Mabel xx

Sisyphus

Member since
October 2019

12 posts

Posted Thu September 24, 2020 5:15pmReport post

Hi guys,



Thanks for your response, and sorry for taking so long to read them. I'm putting the feelers out to get some quotes from the organisations you've mentioned. I've also put in a complaint to social care through their internal complaints procedure about the standard of work undertaken, as well as having requested a meeting with the service Manager, which she has agreed to, but has not yet given me a date/time of appointment.

I'm finding it a bit of a struggle if I'm honest. My son's school have been really supportive of me, but we are in the process of updating his EHCP, and I want to name a school with an Integrated Resource Unit, as he is not managing in mainstream. It means that I am voluntarily giving up someone who has been an ally to my in this process, in favour of an unknown person, and I'm really scared that so much painful stuff will need to be rehashed.

Hopingforbest

Member since
February 2020

69 posts

Posted Thu September 24, 2020 11:18pmReport post

Hi

Your story reminds me the time we received our PPR assessment. The report was full of lies and errors. The outcome of that report deemed my husband as a high risk of reoffending and me as a Naive and passive person.

I really recommend you to have a psychological assessment as SS don't have a knowledge of this offences. Although if you are going for a personal assessment that assessments are really expensive and there are chances that SS won't accept it. You should try to get it done through SS. I don't know about your story. Is your husband still under investigation? Do you have any family lawyer?

In our case SS wasn't ready to do psychological assessment. We forced them to take us to family court and judge granted a psychological assessment for both my husband and myself and as per that report my husband is a low risk and i am a positive protective parent and SS had to accept that as it is a specialist report.

Sisyphus

Member since
October 2019

12 posts

Posted Thu September 24, 2020 11:50pmReport post

He's still on pre-charge bail (arrested October last year) and we are awaiting forensic reports still. The context is that the offence is an attempted sexual communication with a child (undercover police). He used online chat as a coping mechanism for depression and anxiety, and at some point crossed the line and used it indiscriminately with females. There's a lot of mental health stuff tied in with it and after accessing what little support there is a available for free (mental health nurse, Iapt, GP) he's about to start seeing a private counsellor who specialises in sex addiction and offenders, so that's quite positive.

SC do see me as protective, which is good, but until I can get everything done to a satisfactory standard my boy will remain on CPP. All professionals (including SC) recommended reducing to CIN at last Conference but the chair overruled because they hadn't done the work properly.

I just really need to know what is required of me so that they leave my son alone. It's so hard for him to understand, especially as sc have taken no interest in his half sister, my partners daughter from a previous marriage. He tells me he's given up, doesn't want to live anymore, and begs me to kill him. It breaks my heart that I can't just fix things for him. He's never had a problem before that I've not been able to fix and I really miss feeling like a superhero to him

Edited Thu September 24, 2020 11:51pm

Sisyphus

Member since
October 2019

12 posts

Posted Thu September 24, 2020 11:56pmReport post

Oh I forgot to say, no I dont have a lawyer. In my previous life, before I withdrew to care for my son, I was a law PhD candidate though, so I've just been trying to handle everything myself, although family law is far from my area of expertise (I lectured in property law, EU law and criminal law in the past).

How did you get them to take you to court? What's the story? I could use some guidance here. I don't want to gamble on them trying to obtain pare tal responsibility/take custody of him. His care needs are really high and he can't cope without me.